With the deeply disturbing rising tide of misogyny, male violence targeting women and girls and femicides, it feels overwhelming and some might feel unfixable. The answer lies with men. In this new series Laura speaks with male leaders who are taking action & doing something to stop it, starting with Andrew ‘Bernie’ Bernard who shares what happened…

Laura analyses Ronald Evan’s behaviour and Rob Murphy reveals something shared by Michelle Leonard, the undercover police officer who caught him and how his 2022 documentary about Ronald Evans helped catch 81-year-old Evans once more. Police arrested Evans the day after the documentary was broadcast. As she jailed Evans for four years last November…

Laura and Rob discuss the harrowing and unbelievable details of the horrific 1963 rape/murder of 21-year-old Kathleen Heathcote. Despite Ronald Evans receiving a life sentence for this offence, Evans was moved to an open prison in Bristol after 10 years and released. Evans re-married and he began targeting and raping women. Following an undercover …

Laura interviews award winning journalist and reporter Robert Murphy about the largest undercover operation in the west country in the 1970s to catch a serial rapist, Ronald Evans, who they would later find out had killed before. This was at the same time the media were intensely focused on the murders of women committed by Peter Sutcliffe in Yorks…

Laura takes a more in-depth look at the available evidence of what life was like for Mica using the lens and framework of coercive control and stalking. Join the conversation on social media and in the Crime Analyst Squad www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst #MicaFrancis #MicaMiller #JusticeForMica #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #TrueCrime #Podcast #Crime…

Laura interviews award winning journalist and creator and host of the True Sunlight and Cup of Justice podcasts, Mandy Matney. Following on from her incredible groundbreaking reporting of the Murdaugh Murders, Mandy has been investigating Mica’s untimely and troubling death. Laura and Mandy unravel the events leading up to 30-year-old Mica being fo…

Laura, Bill, Kristin and Kathryn break down three rapes committed by Walter Jackson. On June 5 1996, just days after Lollie Winans and Julie Williams were sexually assaulted and murdered, Jackson abducted and raped another woman at knifepoint. He was arrested by a proactive detective. However, a prosecutor declined to pursue charges. Days later he …

Walter ‘Leo’ Jackson attacked two women after murdering Lollie and Julie and another woman in 2011. How many other women did he attack? Why weren’t these offences linked earlier? Laura and Kathryn discuss this and Laura shares how many serial sex offenders and serial violent offenders have been identified via the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI…

What does the news the case has been solved mean for Darrell Rice, the suspect the FBI arrested and charged and then dropped the charges against? Laura and Kathryn discuss this along with other potentially linked offences including Alicia Showalter Reynolds murder and ‘The Anne’s’ who were approached by two men on the trail on June 1 1996 who knew …

At a presser called at short notice by the FBI on June 20 2024, it was revealed that the man who murdered Lollie and Julie on May 24 1996 in the Shenandoah National Park has been identified as Walter ‘Leo’ Jackson Snr, a convicted serial rapist. Incredible news, yes, but many questions remain including: what evidence was tested and/or submitted res…

Laura continues her interview with Josiah’s warrior mom, Liz Hilderbrand. Two men, James and Donovan Cloud, were arrested and in custody by Monday 10th June for the White Swan Murders which took place on Saturday 8th June 2019. With the discovery of Josiah and John’s skeletal remains, Liz believed charges would follow. That didn’t happen. A plea de…

A must listen episode if you want to understand coercive control and the warning signs to look out for, including how an abuser coercively controls a child and undermines those trying to safeguard and protect the child. Breanna shares when she first saw the treadmill abuse video and that although a worker from the Department of Child Protection and…

Laura continues her interview with Josiah’s warrior mom, Liz Hilderbrand. With Josiah having been found Liz needed to see him. She was told charges would be filed and were coming. Liz asked to meet the prosecutors and the FBI agent to shake their hands, but the meeting took a very different turn, which left her reeling. Find out what happened and j…

On April 2 2021 6-year-old Corey Micciolo was taken to Southern Ocean County Medical Center in New Jersey by Christopher Gregor. Corey sadly died at 502pm, alone without his mother present. Corey had been discharged from Jersey Shore Medical Center the night before and was given a clean bill of health, bar many bruises and contusions on his body af…

On the five-year anniversary of 25-year-old Josiah Hilderbrand’s disappearance, Laura interviews his warrior mom Liz Hilderbrand. Josiah disappeared whilst en-route to a concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State on June 7, 2019. Liz explains when she first realised her son, Josiah, was missing and what happened next. A total of seven pe…

Laura continues her fascinating conversation with Diana Parkes & Hetti Nanton unraveling the important & illuminating judicial review judgment & the risk assessment & management of Robert Brown. You won’t want to miss this. #JoannaSimpson #HerNameWasJoSimpson #RobertBrown #BritishAirwaysKiller #CoerciveControl #Stalking #PreventMurderInSlowMotionä …

Laura is rejoined once more by Diana Parkes, Joanna’s mother, and Hetti Nanton, Joanna’s best friend and chair of the national domestic violence charity, Refuge to discuss the incredible campaign which started on Crime Analyst resulting in the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk preventing Brown’s automatic release from prison in Novem…

Laura interviews bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza about her transporting and immersive book, The Sicilian Inheritance, rooted in her own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect. The book and podcast are based on Jo’s great, great grandmot…

Laura and Lauren continue to unravel Kipp Walford’s coercive control of Lauren as well as his years long grooming of children at a sports club, having purposefully got himself into a position of trust as the sports coach and president. Facing serious and extensive criminal charges for sexually abuse of multiple girls, Walford started Family Court p…

Laura continues her interview with Australian author and advocate Lauren Trevan about her own case and book, Now I See You. In this episode Laura and Lauren discuss nuanced and subtle micro aggressions, sexual intimacy vs sexual coercion, the push and pull of coercive control, overt and covert manipulations along with the psychological games abuser…

Laura interviews Australian author and advocate Lauren Trevan about the national crises of men killing women and her book Now I See You. We recorded this episode just after the horrific Bondi attack by Joel Cauchi on April 13 2024, where he stabbed 18 people including a nine-month-old baby killing her mother, Ashlee Good, and four other women, Dawn…

In this episode Laura interviews best-selling thriller writer and former clinical psychologist Dr Lucinda Berry. Laura and Lucinda discuss One of Our Own, Lucinda’s Audible Original Thriller performed by AJ Cook (Criminal Minds) and Tessa Albertson and Lucinda’s expertise in childhood trauma. If you like to journey through the recesses of the human…

Less than two weeks away from Jason Smith, the man who tried to kill Zoe Dronfield, being released from prison on May 2nd 2024, Laura and Zoe discuss the new reality she and her family are faced with and what’s really changed to better protect women in the last 10 years. At the start of the UK’s National Stalking Awareness Week (a week Laura first …

Laura shares her final reflections and analysis of the Coroner’s Findings about the disappearance of Marion Barter which includes a number of questions and a call to action. You won’t want to miss this. Follow and listen to Crime Analyst wherever you get your podcasts and join the conversation on social media. If you know anything about Marion emai…

Laura continues her interview with Marion Barter’s daughter, Sally, and super sleuther and researcher Joni about Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan’s findings, which were handed down on February 29 2024. Sally shares why she is underwhelmed by the recommendation for the case to remain within New South Wales Police State Crime Command Unsolved Homicide team …